On: Sun, May 15, 2011 at 08:46:57AM -0500,Alain Benveniste Wrote: } I try to sort the MDISK by the rdev in a direct file : } } /**/ } "PIPE (ENDCHAR ?)", } "< MAINT DIRECT A0", } "!01: PICK W1 == /MDISK/", } "! SORT 7.4", } "!02: FANINANY", } "!> A A A1", } "?", } "01:", } "!02:" } } The work is done but can't find the way to preserve a valid coherence for } dirmaint after all. I tried buffer, copy, elastic... } } the result looks like this : } } USER... } . } . } . } *DVHOPT } MDISK...
Alain, This is working as designed. The sort doesn't output any records until < reaches EOF and propogates the EOF down the pipe. By then, all the non-MDISK records have reached the >. The way I would do it would be to write NNN0000 in cols 73-79 as the records are input (where NNN is the record number), then for MDISK records pick up the first NNN and for each MDISK overlay MMMrdev in 73-79 (where MMM = first MDISK's NNN), then do a hex sort on 73-79 after the FANINANY. -- Rich Greenberg Sarasota, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 941 378 2097 Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines: Val, Red, Shasta, Zero & Casey (At the bridge) Owner:Chinook-L Canines: Red & Cinnar (Siberians) Retired at the beach Asst Owner:Sibernet-L
